PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 883, 8 December 1916, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

ARRIVED. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7. STORM (0.50 a.m.), 405 tons, A. Cowan, from Timaru. „„„,. CYGNET (10.30 p.m.), 124 tons, Murra>, from Kaikoura. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8. MARAROA, 2508 lons, Mawson, from Wellington. SAILED. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7. ARAEUEN (0.20 p.m.), 5513 tons, Ncagle, '"sTOHM '(7.15 p.m.), 405 tons, A. Cowan, fO MAORT'(B.2O p.m.), 3390 tons, W. Manning, for Wellington. Passengers-300 saloon and steerage. MANUKA (8.30 p.m.), 4505 tons, C. CHft, for Sydnev, via Wellington. Passengers.— Misses Reily and Walsh, Mesdames Rush and Walsh/Messrs Mitchell, Cadley Ower (2), Jolly, Govern, Eawson, and Marsh, and "bAKANOA (9,15 p.n..1, 221G tons, Bender, for Wellington. ROSAMOND (11.30 p.m.), 721 tons, Rankin, for Wellington. VESSELS SAILING TO DAY. Mararoa, Wellington. Cygnet, Akaroa. SHIPPING IN PORT. Hazel Repton, schooner Gladstone Pier. Annie Hill, schooner. Gladstone Piet. Raupo, barque. Gladstone Pier. Karamu, s.s., Gladstone Pier. Mararoa, s.s., No. 2 wharf, east side. Cygnet, s.s., No. 3 wharf, east side.

BY TELEGRAPH. Oversea. Bji Cablt. — Pri s lisn-intinn. — Ootyiright. FREMANTLE, December 7. Arrived—Mooltan, from London. SYDNEY, December 7. Sailed—Moeraki (1.30 p.m.). Coastal. Press Association AUCKLAND, December 7. Sailed—Talune (2.40 p.m.), for the Isianas. December 8. Arrived—Arahura (10 a.m.), from the East Coast; St. Louis (9 a.m.), from Noumea. WELLINGTON, December 7. Arrived—Kaitangata (7.20 a.m.), from Westport; Mararoa (0.10 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Koutunui (9.15 a.m.), from East Coast; Tarawera (11.50 a.m.) and Orepuki (2.30 p.m.), from Lyttelton; Breeze (3.20 p.m.), from Onehunga. Sailed —Kahika (noon), for Greymouth; Mararoa (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. DUNEDIN, December 7. Arrived—Opawa (9 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Monowai (1.40 p.m.), from Auckland. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. The Wcstralia left Sydney November 15; arrived Auckland November 19, Duncdin November 2(5; Lyttelton November 30; arrived back at Auckland December 3, due back Sydney to-day. The Wimmera left Melbourne November 25, arrived Wellington November 30, Dune- ! din December 5; due back at Melbourne I December 11. The Manuka left Sydney November 30;! arrived Wellington December 4, Lyttelton December 7; due back at Sydney, via Wellington, December 11. The Moeraki leaves Sydney December 7; luc at Wellington December 11, Lyttelton December 12; due back at Wellington De.crnber 14, Sydney December 18. NOTES. The Karamu leaves for Grevmouth late t i-night. Captain Davies of the Kakapo, has come a ihoi and is proceeding to Sydney for orders. place has been taken by Captain McDonald, late of the Kini. Mr L. Clarke, purser of the Corinna, is g. ing to Sydney. Mr B. Matthews has succeeded Mr K. D mes as radio operator of the R.M.S. M >ai.a. Mr H. Speed, late of the Patecna, has joined the Moana as assistant wireless operator. Sydney files have announced that the four-masted American schooner E. B. Jackson, bound from Ptigct Sound to Dunedin, with lumber, put into Melbourne last Saturday week for provisions. Messrs Thos. Brown, Ltd., New Zealand agents for the E. B. Jackson, state that some mistake must have occurred. It was reported a few months ago that the E. B. Jackson was fixed to take on board a cargo of Oregon at Puget Sound for New Zealand, and inquiries were made of the owners, Messrs Hind, Ralph, and Co., San 1 rancisco. Under date October 23 the owners stated:—"ln your letter you mentioned the E. B. Jackson as one of the vessels fixed to take a cargo of lumber to New Zealand. This report is quite erroneous, and we may say that at the present time the E. B. Jackson is unchartered. She is now on her way from Bombay to Puget Sound, and will probably be fixed for some business very shortly. It is pointed out that, according to information contained in this letter, it would be impossible for the E. B. Jackson to be in Melbourne at the present time. From her periodical visit of the southern outlying islands the Government training ship Amokura returned to Port Chalmers yesterday (says the "Post"). Commander Hooper, 8.N.8., advised Mr Geo. Allport, Secretary for Marine, that everything was found to be in order at the islands, and that during the trip there were no signs of wreckage or castaways. The Amokura will leave Port Chalmers to-day, being due back at Wellington about Tuesday next. It comes as no surprise to learn that the Germans arc now elaborating their schemes to re-enter the shipping world on, as far as possible the same scale as they did before the war (says an Australian exchange). That it would be attempted has been frequently remarked by writers all over the world, the Germans no doubt being possessed of the idea that the memories of the Allied nations would be short-lived, and they would be welcomed with open arms so to speak, but let us all hope that such conclusions will prove inaccurate, and whenever possible every step to thwart any development will be blocked in as decisive manner as possible. The facts concerning what the companies have been and are still doing as set out by an American correspondent show that witli the customary cool calculating methods not one but every company as now awaiting the day when the seas will be free to German vessels to trade in all quarters as they did before ,and even the most minute detail has not been missed in connection with the plans- all of which should spied on

the very best effort to keep them out. And i I the precautionary methods to keep them i I out cannot be delayed any longer. Eng- I 1 land must act, Russia must act, France must act, in fact all over the world action must be taken, and should begin at once, for it is a foregone conclusion that if there ; 7 is any loophole that can be taken advan- J - tagc of the Germans will obtain the foot-1 - i hold and once the foothold is gained it j'„ I will require some looosening. The nations ' 1 Germany forced the war upon have suffered j 8 ] far too much to ever permit the enemy to , 9 I gain any position of commercial import- ' 7 j ance with them, no matter how long it may g ! be alter the war, for, as has been remark- I i ed on a previous occasion, Germany will | i only await her time to make another effort I i to conquer the world, and the stronger her j ! commercial position is the harder will be | : the task of preventing her achieving the j i object. I Most of the shipbuilding yards in Sweden j 1 have enough work on hand to keep them I busy until the end of 1917. Most of the I vessels building in Sweden are for Swedish firms and Norwegian and Danish shipbuilders are also building for Swedisli firms. The Swedish shipbuilding industry is developing considerably, and different yards are specialising in different branches of 1 work. Uergsunds Verkstads-aktiebolag is ! specialising on smaller vessels, especially i those run by motor. This company is sup- -, I plying Russia with motor boats to take I the place of other vessels used on the rivers. iln addition the company has orders for i one ice-breaker and one combined tugboat 1 and ice-breaker. The present orders will ikeep it busy for 18 months. I Motala Verkstaden also has many orders jon hand. Its speciality is tugboats, a combined tug and ice-breaker in particular, furnished with a 500 h.p. engine. The Gotaverken in Goteborg has work to keep it busy until sometime in 1918. Some of the vessels under construction besides warships, are two steamers of 9000 and 10,000 tons for the Transatlantic Steam- | ship Co., and one 8000-ton vessel for the j Viking Steamship Co. I Eriksbergs and Mehaniska Verkstadsakticbolag has work until the middle of 1917. At present it is specialising in 900 to 1800 ton vessels, but after the works have been enlarged it intends to specialise in larger vessels. Lindholmens Verkstads-aktiebolag has enough work until the summer of 1918. It is building a 0000-ton vessel for the Nord Steamship Co. of Stockholm, and has received orders for eight 3200-ton vessels of the sp-eial type made by this company. THE JAPANESE STEAMERS AT SYDNEY, j Shipping identities find much to interest them in the last three Japanese steamers that have arrived at Sydney (says the Sydney "Shipping List"). The Nanking Maru, which reached port on Wednesday from Kobe, has a particularly smart appearance, and on board reveals herself a fine specimen of the shipbuilders' art, as well as being a revelation to many in the matter of the progress of the industry in "the Land of the Rising Sun," she being a product of a Tokio firm of builders. The Buyo Maru, loading for the N.Y.K., calls to mind the once famous interstate trader Coolgardie, now, by the way, in the oversea trade to and from Australia, in many ways, but especially in the bows, and as she came up the harbour, inward-bound from Melbourne, and en route to Japan, the Tenryu Maru so resembled one of the Adelaide Company's fleet, her yellow and black funnel being the principal misleading feature, that some made a mistake, assuming that ( she actually was one of the smaller vessels . of the prominent Interstate Company's steamers. 1

VESSELS EXPECTED AT LYTTELTON. Vessel. From. Appro*, dale Cygnet Calm Akai'oa Timaru Dec". 9 Maori Wellington Bee. 9 Monowai Dunedin Dec. 9 Mararoa Wellington Dec. 10 Maori Wellington Dec. 12 Cygnet Akaroa Dec. 12 Mararoa Wellington Dec 13 Mocraki Sydnev Dec. 13 VESSELS TO SAIL FROM LYTTELTON. Vessel. For. Approx. date Calm Wellington Dec. SI Monowai Auckland Dec. 9 Maori Wellington Dec. 9 Mararoa Wellington Dec. 11 Cygnet Akaroa Dec. 11 Maori Wellington Dec. 12 Cygnet Kaikoura Dec. 13 Moeraki Sydney Dec. 13 Maori Wellington Dec. 14 OVERSEA SHIPPING. Vessels due at Lytteltoi i. Vessel. From. Sailed Due. Tancred S. 'Frisco Oct. 1 7 Dec. Port Chalmers London Sept. 2! i) Dec. Ruahine London Oct. 1' 7 Dec. Waimate Liverpool Oct. 20 Nov. Southwaite New York Nov. 11 Dec. 2 Tainui London Oct. 2( 5 Dec. Port Hacking New York Sept. Jan. Karamea Liverpool Oct. Dec. Dongarra Montreal Nov. Jan.